temporary coloring

I echo what Sarondie said. Black "temporary" color never came out of my hair when I dyed it four or five years ago. I've used Natural Instincts Nutmeg on and off to mute some of the red in my hair (from a permanent dye incident about a year ago) and it works just fine. As with any dye, I'd STRONGLY suggest a strand test, but this works for me and gives my hair a nice gloss for a while. The only potential complaint is that it has a 10 minute "sit" time which is shorter than the 30 minutes I'm used to so by the time I get everything well saturated, I usually have to jump in the shower quickly otherwise it's too dark. In any event, it doesn't stay that way and washes out in about a month or so. I have naturally dark brown hair.

I used Natural Instincts on my hair in light auburn and it is definitely not washing out. I hate it! I think if you are going to use it use something very close to your natural color. I have orangey-pink hair now. I may even have to strip out the color () to get rid of it. (posted on hair color board)

I have used it in past in shades closer to my natural neutral brown with better luck, although it truly does not ever wash out. New growth is less noticable than with a perm color but still is a litte different.

I used Elasta QP in Wine Red. It lasted a lot longer than I expected but it's all gone now.

I have never used a temporary color (or a permanent one, for that matter).